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NewsIFP unveils Gotham nominees
12 Years A Slave has earned three nods in the 23rd annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, while Blue Caprice, Concussion, Fruitvale Station, Inside Llewyn Davis and Upstream Color earned two apiece.
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NewsWikiLeaks backs second film
Julian Assange’s second film as producer is a doc about El Salvador.
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NewsHuffman, Garber join Big Game cast
First image released of stars Samuel L Jackson and Onni Tommila.
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NewsSpotlight lines up Child Of God for AFM
Heading into AFM Spotlight Pictures has acquired international rights to the crime thriller Child Of God in its third collaboration with RabbitBandini.
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NewsWeinsteins confirm Macbeth deal
The Weinstein Company has confirmed its acquisition of North American rights from StudioCanal to Justin Kurzel’s adaptation of Macbeth, previously reported on Screendaily.
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NewsTom Hardy to play Elton John
Focus Features has confirmed the in-demand star will portray Elton John and said it will distribute Rocket Pictures and Icon/AI Film’s biopic in the US after incoming CEO Peter Schelssel brought it over from FilmDistrict.
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NewsTriStar, New Regency staff up
TriStar Productions chairman Tom Rothman has named his first production executives. Separately, New Regency president and CEO Brad Weston has appointed a production head.
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NewsViacom targets Generation C
Generation C, the group of youngsters who love to create, curate and comment online, are the next demographic in the sights of Viacom International Media Networks.
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NewsNotebook launches Hungarian fest
Hungary’s official foreign-language Oscar submission The Notebook will open the 13th Hungarian Film Festival Of Los Angeles, set to run from November 15-21.
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NewsDCDC launches distribution platform
The Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition (DCDC) has gone live with the launch of its North American satellite and terrestrial digital distribution platform to 17,000 screens across 1,200 venues.
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NewsUTA: Twitter first screen for many
Agents are increasingly looking to harness social media as multi-screen viewing grows.
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NewsShooting underway on Pawn Sacrifice
Michael Stuhlbarg has joined the cast of Gail Katz Productions and Material Pictures’ drama directed by Ed Zwick. Production on the scheduled 41-day shoot has begun in Montreal and will wrap in Los Angeles.
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NewsTFI, A+E back doc workshop
The Tribeca Film Institute today announced a feature doc workshop for five filmmaking teams in partnership with A+E Films.
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NewsGerman sales agents unveil AFM titles
German sales agents have revealed a raft of market premieres to be presented at the forthcoming American Film Market (AFM) (Nov 6-13).
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NewsDiscovery plans to diversify content
Discovery Networks International is focussed on diversifying the range of its content and boosting its free-to-air TV distribution, according to chief executive Mark Hollinger.
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Arts Alliance signs LatAm VPF deals
UPDATED: Rollout will start in January 2014 in Peru and Chile; company also adds another Colombian deal.
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NewsElectric’s Wannabe rounds out cast
Vincenzo Amato, David Zayas, Neal Huff, Mike Starr and Slaine have joined Patricia Arquette on the cast of The Wannabe and Dean Devlin’s nascent Electric Entertainment will commence pre-sales at the AFM next month.
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NewsMonuments Men pushed to 2014
George Clooney’s film about a team of soldiers and art experts sent behind Nazi lines to recover priceless works of art is out of this year’s awards race.
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NewsIFC buys Jimmy P
The distributor has acquired US rights from Worldview Entertainment to Arnaud Desplechin’s drama Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian starring Benicio Del Toro and Mathieu Amalric.
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NewsDisney sees Middle East opportunity
Speaking at the fourth Abu Dhabi Media Summit Andy Bird, chairman, Walt Disney International, has discussed how the company leverages the Disney brand in international markets.